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Brief Outline: Inside various squares around the classroom are the 'target vocabulary' words. Students choose a square to stand in and listen to see if it's the English word the teacher calls out.

Materials Needed (not included):

• Picture cards (the number depends on your target vocabulary)
• Tape/magnets

Detailed Explanation:

1. If you're from America, you might remember playing "4 Corners" as a kid. This game also works really well for young students here as a way to practice any difficult vocabulary words.
2. Assign each of the four corners of the classroom a word that the students have trouble remembering. For example, make a watermelon, grape, strawberry and peach corner. Throw up a picture in each corner so they can remember.
3. To start, you stand in the center of the room and cover your eyes. The students have to choose one corner to stand in. Count down from 10 in English, then yell out the corner name. The students standing in that corner are OUT and must join you in the center.
4. Start counting down again and yell out a new corner. Repeat this process until you have 1-3 students left standing.
5. Once the kids get the hang of it, pick volunteers from the losing students who want to cover their eyes, count down and yell out a corner. Make sure the losers help you count down (great number practice)!
6. This activity gets the students running around and thinking of words in English. I played this with 1st and 2nd years and THEY LOVED IT. I would imagine it would work well in 3rd and 4th.

Variations:

• (submitted by: Aimee Ono)  For this variation, you simply need to make four flashcards: O, ◎, X, △ (O=yes  ◎=very much  X=no  △=a little). Put one card in each of the four corners of the classroom. Check with the students that they understand the meaning of the card. In my experience, the students should already know. Then, simply ask questions questions like, "Do you like ice cream?" The students move to the appropriate corner of the classroom. This variation is good for introducing 'likes/dislikes'. I rarely have a student who doesn't actively participate in this activity.

Teaching Suggestions:

• Great game for reviewing difficult vocabulary words. Fantastic for small kids but may not work as well for older students.
• Split the class into smaller squares to practice more vocabulary words at the same time.

• 絵カードを target vocabularyに応じた数だけ準備します。
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• (submitted by: Aimee Ono)  For this variation, you simply need to make four flashcards: O, ◎, X, △ (O=yes  ◎=very much  X=no  △=a little).  Put one card in each of the four corners of the classroom.  Check with the students that they understand the meaning of the cards; in my experience, the students should already know.  Then, simply ask questions questions like, "Do you like ice cream?" The students move to the appropriate corner of the classroom.  This variation is good for introducing 'likes/dislikes'.  I rarely have a student who doesn't actively participate in this activity.

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